Debugging with command-line parameters in Visual Studio

Question

I\'m developing a C++ command-line application in Visual Studio and need to debug it with command-line arguments. At the moment I just run the generated EXE file with the ar

Answer 1

Right click on the project in the Solution window of Visual Studio, select "Debugging" (on the left side), and enter the arguments into the field "Command Arguments":

Answer 2

Even if you do start the executable outside Visual Studio, you can still use the "Attach" command to connect Visual Studio to your already-running executable. This can be useful e.g. when your application is run as a plug-in within another application.

Answer 3

This may help some people who still have problems. I use Visual Studio 2015 and I could only pass the arguments when I changed the definition of argv.

Instead of

int main(int argc, char **argv){
}

I had to use

int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
}

I do not know why it was necessary, but it works.